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This study investigates the development of gravel-gelatin composites as pre-formed monolithic filter elements for borehole wells in unconsolidated sandy aquifers. The composites utilize food-grade gelatin as a natural, biodegradable, and low-cost binder to bond gravel particles into stable blocks, offering an alternative to conventional loose gravel packs that are labor-intensive to install and prone to placement inconsistencies. A systematic experimental approach was employed to optimize key manufacturing paramet...

Sand production poses a major challenge in the development of weakly consolidated and unconsolidated sandstone reservoirs, leading to equipment erosion, wellbore plugging, reduced productivity, and increased operational costs. Downhole sand control filters, primarily deployed as mechanical screens, are essential to retain formation sand while permitting hydrocarbon flow with minimal impairment. This review synthesizes established industry practices, laboratory sand retention test results, and field performance dat...

The rational use of natural resources is an urgent task not only in the oil and gas sector, but also in all sectors of production. This paper presents procedures for the preparation and purification of extracted oil-containing wastewater and stormwater from suspended solids, as well as various salts dissolved in water with the supply of coagulant solutions: iron sulfate or aluminum sulfate and soda ash to adjust the pH value. The conducted research and measures for the treatment of stormwater and carbonaceous wast...